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‖ serdab|sɜːˈdɑːb|
Also serdaub, sirdab.
[Pers. (hence Arab.) serdāb grotto, ice-house, cellar.]
a. In Western Asia, a cellar or underground chamber.
b. In Egypt, a secret passage or chamber in an ancient tomb.
a.1842W. F. Ainsworth Trav. Asia Minor, etc. II. 331 The foundations, cellars, or serdaubs,..were generally all that remained. 1842J. B. Fraser Mesopot. & Assyria i. 25 When the inhabitants of Bagdad are panting in their sirdabs, or cellars under ground, whither they retire to avoid the rays of the sun.
b.1877A. B. Edwards Up Nile iv. 92 This tomb..also contains a secret passage of the kind that M. Mariette calls a serdab. These serdabs are constructed in the thickness of the walls and have no entrances. 1897Daily News 5 July 8/3 In the serdab, or statue-chamber, of one of the principal tombs, a very fine statue..was found. |